Written questions

Dementia: Research

Commons · Question 1629 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 19 May 2026

Question

Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current levels of Government support for dementia research.

Answer

Answered by Preet Kaur Gill, 19 May 2026

Government responsibility for delivering dementia research is shared between the Department of Health and Social Care, with research delivered via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), and the Department for Science, Innovation and T...